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Human-like robots might provide the best platform for growing tissue to be transplanted into human patients it has been suggested by a pair of biomedical researchers with Oxford University. In a recent issue of Science Robots, Pierre-Alexis…

Solar storms, produced by eruptions on the Sun's surface send clouds of electrically charged particles towards Earth can trigger the beautiful Northern Lights over the Arctic regions. But the storms may also have a strong impact on the…

A way to measure dopamine in the brain much more precisely than previously possible has been developed by researchers at MIT, which should allow scientists to gain insight into dopamine’s roles in learning, memory, and emotion. Dopamine…

Scientists have measured rapidly varying temperatures in hot gas emanating from around a black hole for the first time. These ultrafast 'winds' are created by disks of matter surrounding black holes. The winds, according to new…

Based on the rate of iceberg calving at the edges of ice sheets, projections of how much the melting of ice sheets will contribute to sea-level rise can vary by several meters. To provide climate scientists with models that make more…

Chuck Yeager strapped himself into a rocket-powered airplane in 1947 and flew faster than the speed of sound, becoming the first person to break the sound barrier. Twenty years later, William J. Knight set a world-record flight speed of…

By making small changes to some flight routes, airlines could reduce their climate impact by up to 10%, research by University of Reading scientists has shown. Their new study shows airlines could make a large positive impact on climate…

Ford could one day turn to drones, autonomous vehicles and even transforming electric tricycles, and also cars, to help solve the last mile delivery headache. A new concept, dubbed Autolivery, was one of 633 proposals made as part of the…

There has new evidence to support the association between obesity and some major types of cancer; a large review published by The BMJ suggesting the relation consists mainly of those related to digestive organs and hormone-related…

Cancer is a horrible disease to experience and choosing among cancer treatments increasingly can involve determining whether tumor cells harbor specific, mutated ‘oncogenes’ that drive abnormal growth and that may also be especially…

To aid decision makers deciding when it is best to remain quiet about a cyber-attack or when to publicly blame those suspected of carrying out the attack, a new model has been built by researchers from several US institutions. In…

Using a metered-dose inhaler is pretty common in the US, with tens of millions of Americans using one every day. However, in a new study conducted by Rice University electrical engineers and pulmonologists at Baylor College of Medicine…

Whether it is commercial or social – human activity contains patterns and moments of synchronicity. With social media outlets like Twitter becoming so popular in recent years, it has provided an unprecedented volume of data on the daily…

It started off with cars driving themselves, now features of the ever so desired ‘car of the future’ will include letting you pay for petrol or parking directly from your vehicle, and send you traffic alerts and restaurant recommendations…

Throughout the Universe spiral galaxies take on all manner of orientations with respect to Earth. There are some that are seen from above, (as it were) or ‘face-on’ - a good example of this being the whirlpool-shaped galaxy NGC 1232.…